The Language of Oracular Inquiry in Roman Egypt

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The language of oracular inquiries in Roman Egypt changed from Demotic to Greek because of the insistence of the Roman authorities, not, as historians have previously supposed, because of a preference for Greek on the part of priests or inquirers.

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"Versions of this article were presented as papers to the Classics Department at Dalhousie University and to the CACW in 2004."